1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats (47 of the 150 seats) in the Storting.[2]

1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 36.8%, 59 seats 24.0%, 29 seats 17.3%, 30 seats
Seats won 47 39 33
Seat change Decrease12 Increase10 Increase3
Popular vote 374,854 327,731 (H+FV) 241,355
Percentage 31.4% 27.4% (H+FV) 20.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jens Hundseid Anton Wilhelm Brøgger Alf Mjøen [no]
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Radical People's
Last election 14.9%, 26 seats 1.3%, 2 seats with H 1.3%, 1 seat
Seats won 25 5 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3 Steady
Popular vote 190,220 31,003/All. with H 9,228
Percentage 15.9% 2.6%/— 0.8%

Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

During the election, the Labour Party advocated for socialist policies whereas the Conservative, Liberal and Agrarian parties ran in opposition to the Labour Party.[2]

Endorsements edit

National daily newspapers edit

Newspaper Party endorsed
Finnmarksposten Conservative Party[3]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad Labour Party[4]
Folketanken Liberal Party[5]
Østerdal Arbeiderblad Labour Party[6]
Folkeviljen Labour Party[7]

Results edit

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party374,85431.3747–12
Conservative Party[a]327,73127.4339+10
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]2+1
Liberal Party241,35520.2033+3
Farmers' Party190,22015.9225–1
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]31,0032.593+2
Communist Party20,3511.700–3
Radical People's Party9,2280.7710
Wild votes130.00
Total1,194,755100.001500
Valid votes1,194,75599.39
Invalid/blank votes7,3460.61
Total votes1,202,101100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,550,07777.55
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution edit

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap HFV V B RF
Akershus 7 3 3 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Bergen 5 2 2 1
Buskerud 5 2 1 1
Finnmark 3 1 1 1
Hedmark 7 4 1 2
Hordaland 8 1 1 4 2
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold 4 2 2
Market towns of Buskerud 3 1 2 1
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland 3 1 2
Market towns of Møre 3 1 1
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag 5 1 4
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder 5 2 2 1
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland 7 2 2 3
Market towns of Vestfold 4 1 3
Møre 7 1 1 4 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 2 3 2 1
Oppland 6 2 3 1
Oslo 7 3 4
Østfold 6 3 1 2
Rogaland 5 1 2 2
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 2 2
Sør-Trøndelag 6 2 1 2 1
Telemark 5 2 2 1
Troms 5 2 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 1 2 1
Total 150 47 44 33 25 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c The Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded Liberal Party ran separate lists.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946579. S2CID 146458203.
  3. ^ "Finnmarksposten konservativt blad for vestfinmarken". Finnmarksposten (in Norwegian). 17 October 1930.
  4. ^ "Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad". Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 15 October 1930.
  5. ^ "Folketanken (Risør)". Folketanken (Risør) (in Norwegian). 20 October 1930. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Østerdal Arbeiderblad". Østerdal Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 18 October 1930. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
  8. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1450